diff --git a/cargo.spec b/cargo.spec
index e300835..7fbc7de 100644
--- a/cargo.spec
+++ b/cargo.spec
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 Name:           cargo
 Version:        0.24.0
-Release:        2%{?dist}
+Release:        3%{?dist}
 Summary:        Rust's package manager and build tool
 License:        ASL 2.0 or MIT
 URL:            https://crates.io/
@@ -128,6 +128,9 @@ test -f '%{local_cargo}'
 
 %patch1 -p1 -b .mdbook
 
+# fixed upstream in commit 64828ba9cab7 -> cargo ~0.26
+chmod -x src/cargo/lib.rs
+
 # define the offline registry
 %global cargo_home $PWD/.cargo
 mkdir -p %{cargo_home}
@@ -212,6 +215,9 @@ CFG_DISABLE_CROSS_TESTS=1 %{local_cargo} test --no-fail-fast || :
 
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Feb 07 2018 Josh Stone <jistone@redhat.com> - 0.24.0-3
+- FTBFS: fix a misidentified shebang
+
 * Wed Feb 07 2018 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 0.24.0-2
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_28_Mass_Rebuild